TIL about an incredible bird called the Arctic Tern, every year it flies from one side of the planet to the other and back again:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_t…

"Recent studies have shown average annual round-trip lengths of about 70,900 km (44,100 mi)"

A bird species that migrates 70,000 kilometres every year! 🤯

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TIL about the Cobra effect, referring to a time in the British Raj when people were offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Soon, ppl started breeding cobras for a reward which in turn forced the government to stop the rewards. In response, people released their captive cobras into the wild.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse…
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TIL of Maximator, an intelligence alliance between the secret services of Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. It is comparable to the "Five Eyes" and is named after a German beer.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximato…
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